http://tips.simplygoodstuff.com/from-organic-and-natural-to-fair-trade-foods-produced-with-ethical-considerations-in-mind-such-as-fair-trade-products-are-on-a-fast-growth-track/ Cleaning, Decorating and Natural Living Tips from the pros at www.simplygoodstuff.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:38:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://tips.simplygoodstuff.com/from-organic-and-natural-to-fair-trade-foods-produced-with-ethical-considerations-in-mind-such-as-fair-trade-products-are-on-a-fast-growth-track/#comment-18292 tranquebar Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:02:56 +0000 http://tips.simplygoodstuff.com/from-organic-and-natural-to-fair-trade-foods-produced-with-ethical-considerations-in-mind-such-as-fair-trade-products-are-on-a-fast-growth-track/#comment-18292 There is a range of products that came from Madagascar currently on display at the fourth largest department store in the UK. Actually, there is nothing wrong with the products themselves as they were manufactured to the highest possible standard by a small and old cottage factory that provides a means of subsistence to 250 extremely poor families in Antananarivo.We have all heard about buyers squeezing suppliers on price but what follows must be the jewel on the crown. The products were ordered and taken possession of last year by a London-based buyer, who even claims to hold a fairtrade license, and todate the factory has not been paid a single penny despite the fact that this buyer is being begged on a daily basis. There is a range of products that came from Madagascar currently on display at the fourth largest department store in the UK. Actually, there is nothing wrong with the products themselves as they were manufactured to the highest possible standard by a small and old cottage factory that provides a means of subsistence to 250 extremely poor families in Antananarivo.We have all heard about buyers squeezing suppliers on price but what follows must be the jewel on the crown. The products were ordered and taken possession of last year by a London-based buyer, who even claims to hold a fairtrade license, and todate the factory has not been paid a single penny despite the fact that this buyer is being begged on a daily basis.

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